The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-21
THE CHAMBER OF CONMRpcn
The Formal Opening of :,
New Hall. "e

There was quite large gatberi, .
business men at the Chamber Of ~ o. -"
merce Hall last evening, on the gu -
sion OF the first formal meeting of 10 a
body. The new hall is subs1ant;1mS'
furnished, fine brussels carpet Guy 'y
ing the floor, and everything abont ~
place is new and neat. '"e
Mr.. W. S. Mccormick presided -,
introduced the first speaker, Cove
West, who described the great natn"'I
advantages of this city as a hnsin.4
centre, but said that unless the bnsinoS
men united and worked for its supren
acy, some other city, with more enta.
prise, would outstrip US. He REFER,
to the manufactures, the minino
milling, cattle and agricultural interaas,
of the Territory. Referring to the SH stS
heavy transactions in real estate
said that he believed in booms, and d. as
scribed now Kansas City had, in
few years, grown from a village -
great city, while cities of great.
natural advantages, by negleclIn,
opportunities. had stood still. He h.
lieved the boom would reach Salt TsS.
City, and W tn our fine climate, ons
scenery, our Great Salt Lake and on.
mineral springs, it would grow to thrss
times its present size before the boom
subsidized. Some persons, he said nh,
jected to Salt Lakes broad streets and
great blocks, but he was in love WIKI
them, He congratulated those presen,
on being members of such an associs'
ton. congratulated the city on haying
such Chamber of Commerce. and fa2s
honored in being called upon to address
them.
Commissioner Thomas was then in.
troduced. He outlined the objects for
which the Board of Trade was formed
aud the need of such an organization
here. He described the effect of the
boom in Washington city aud Los An
geles, and believed that suchs boom
would come here.
P. L. Williams was called for. Int
was not present.
Il. w. Lawrence was then called for
He described the advancement which
had already taken place in the Terri
tory, and predicted more rapid deyeI-
opment of our great resources in the
future. He described the ADVANTAGES
of our climate, etc., and said if the 11s.
mess men would pull together. Salt
Lake would be a city before we knew it.
Eli ID. Murray was then called for.
He said this was memorable occasion
IN the history of this city, and was con-
vinced of its continued prosperity.
+. Auerbach was the next speaker. He
made a brief, but interesting address,
describing the growth of the city during
the last twenty-four years, and COM
pairing it favorably with any other city
in the country, both as a place of busi-
ness and of residence. He was very
hopeful of the city's future.
Colonel Kaighn was then called, and
in brief address.
Mr.. Ruggles, of Wichita. Kansas,
then took the floor. He said that ne
had heard all over the country that Salt
Lake would have a boom. The two
elements necessary were, first, the
natural advantages; then men with the
enterprise and ability to utilize them. =
He was followed by w. h. Culmer,
Who said that in order to make the
chamber OF Commerce a success, every
member of it must be worker. There
Gould be no drones in the hive. He
believed new era OF prosperity was
opening on Salt Lake City.
l.. E. Hall was then called for and
made few remarks. He was followed
~ o. J. HOLSTER, who made a brief
address, after which the meeting ad-
burned.